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Oxford House was established in 1798 as a Hudson's Bay Company fur trading post on the fur trade route between York Factory on the Hudson Bay and Norway House some 30 km (19 mi) north of Lake Winnipeg. [3] People from nearby areas moved to the trading site and formed the community of Oxford House.
Bunibonibee Cree Nation (Cree: ᐸᓂᑇᓂᐱᐩ, panipwânipiy), formerly known as Oxford House First Nation and as Oxford House Band of Indians, is a First Nation located along the eastern shoreline of Oxford Lake at the headwaters of the Hayes River and is approximately 950 kilometres (590 mi) northeast of Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Oxford House Airport (IATA: YOH, ICAO: CYOH) is located 0.5 nautical miles (0.93 km; 0.58 mi) west of Oxford House, Manitoba, Canada. Airlines and destinations [ edit ]
To get to the Hayes from Norway House required a short trip down the Nelson River, then a turn onto the Echimamish River. This route became the last leg of the York Factory Express known as "the Communication", once that was established in the early 19th century, connecting the HBC regional headquarters of the Columbia District at Fort ...
Oxford Lake is a vaguely man-shaped lake, with a 'head' on the east, a 'neck', a northwest—southeast shoulder line and a 'torso' that tapers to a point in the west. The head is about 7 by 5 miles, the neck one mile across, and the shoulder line 11 miles. The south side of the torso is 25 miles and its northwest side 18 miles.
This is a list of Hudson's Bay Company trading posts. [1]For the fur trade in general see North American fur trade and Canadian canoe routes (early).For some groups of related posts see Fort-Rupert for James Bay.
The Kichi Sipi Bridge (Manitoba Provincial Road 373) Norway House Manitoba, circa 1880 The division had a population of 38,421 in the Canada 2006 Census . The economic base of the area is mining , forestry , manufacturing , commercial fishing , trapping and tourism .
Manitoba has 2 villages. The second section of this table shows places that are no longer villages, but that were villages just before their reclassification in 2015 (or in some cases an earlier date).